Illuminated lip stick



Jan. 1, 1935. F. wzlss 1,985,036

ILLUMINATED LIP STICK Filed July 9, 1934 1 ve r2502 Patented Jan. 1,1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to illuminated lipsticks. According to myinvention the casing of an inexpensive flashlight is made to serve as amount for a conventional lipstick and its holder, a handle formanipulating the lipstick over the facial area which is to be rouged,and a container for the flashlight and its battery by means of which thefacial area may be illuminated, if desired, when the lipstick is beingused.

structurally, my device is so designed as to afford a simple, compact,and inexpensive toilet adjunct by means of which the facial area to berouged may be adequately illuminated without objectionable shadow orumbra. Its arrangement is such or may be made such as to securelyaccommodate any of the various styles, sizes and types of, lipstickholders now on the market. Where desired, and as a convenient accessorythereto, it'may be provided with a mirror. It

-may also be so designed, if desired, that the operation of'bringingeither the lipstick or the mirror (if provided also with a mirror) intoits the device is being used.

These and various other features of advantage which will appear morefully hereinafter are secured in the device of the present invention.

As illustrative of the many possible variants, I show in theaccompanying drawing several embodiments of my invention which recommendthemselves on account of their convenience of manufacture and use.

In such drawing, the proportions are only relative and not egct.

' Fig. 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of one embodiment of myinvention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are cross-sections on 2-2 and 33, respectively, of Fig. 1.c

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in the lines section, ofanother embodiment.

ably assembled upon the flashlight casing near the forward end thereofby means of a split clamping ring 13. Such ring tightly encircles thecasing, being aflixed thereto in any suitable manner, and terminates ina pair of spaced oppo-' sitely disposed spring clamping jaws 14. Thelipstick holder is adapted to be entered between said jaws, either bypressure from above or by sliding the holder endwise therethrough. Byspring action, the jaws snugly grip the inserted holder and maintain itin position upon the casing.

Such position is an offset position, the holder being disposed parallelto the longitudinal axis of the casing so as not to intercept the beamof projected light from the casing and thus cast objectionable shadow orumbra on the facial area illuminated by such beam when the device is inuse.

The spring'jaws of the clamping ring may be of various forms andvariously spaced so as to accommodate lipstick holders of various sizesand styles. The clamping ring also provides a secure mounting for thelipstick holder on the flashlight casing while at the same timepermitting said holder to be detached from the casing whenever desired,as for purposes of refill or, replacement.

Where desired, I may combine with the assembly of Fig. 1a mirror 15.This is-preferably -,so mounted on the casing 10 as to be capable ofbeing swung from a position of non-use to one of use when needed, saidmirror when in its nonuse position occupying a position designed toenable the entire assembly most conveniently to be carried in the purseor bag. Such non-use position may be the position indicated indottedlines in Fig. 1, wherein the mirror is represented as having beenturned through an arc of 90 from its full line or in use position, andhence to occupy a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the casing.Or the connection of the mirror to the casing may be such as to permitthe mirror to be folded down upon the casing from the erect positionshown in full lines in Fig. 1 when not in use. As shown in Figs. 1 and3, however, the connection between the mirror and the flashlight casingis a swivel connection, the mirror being swiveled as at 16 to a bracket17 fixed to the casing. If desired, .the swivel conror longitudinallyalong the casing automatically actuates said slide l8to close or openthe circuit to the flashlight battery.

In the embodiment illustrated the movement of the mirror in a forwarddirection automatically slides the switch slide 18 forwardly and closesthe battery circuit, such circuit remaining closed so long as the mirroris in its forward position, the return movement of the mirror tooriginal position opening said circuit and extinguishing theillumination.

Inasmuch as a mirror is usually considered a necessary toilet accessory,its inclusion as an element of the combination or assembly is desirable.

The arrangement is also desirable in respect to the feature ofautomatically lighting or extinguishing the flashlight by and in themovements of the mirror forwardly and rearwardly along the casing.

This automatic feature is also carried out in somewhat differentmechanical form in the embodiment of Fig. 4.

In that figure the lipstick and its holder is axially slidable as a unitin a housing 19 formed integrally with or attached in any suitablemanner to the flashlight casing. The housing 19 is longitudinallyslotted as indicated at 20 .to receive a manipulating stud 20' on thelipstick holder. By

means of 'such slot and stud, the lipstick and its holder may be movedback and forth in the housing 19 and in its movements may be made toactuate the battery switch 21.

This switch may' be of any desired type. If it is of the depressibletype, the switch button is normally projected into the path of slidingmovement of the lipstick holder so as to be depressed by an enlargement22 on said holder when the stipstick holder is in forward position.

When so depressed, the spring contact 23 which carries said button, butwhich is insulated therefrom as at 24, makes contact with a fixedcontact 25 to close the circuit to the flashlight battery.

When said lipstick holder is slid rearwardly it passes ofi said button,permitting the spring contact 23 to separate from the fixed contact 25and thereby break the circuit.

If desired, aniirror may be conveniently assembled wi h this, or forthat matter with any of the several forms of my device, by mounting thesame as at 26 within a detachable cap 27 the skirt of which is split atspaced points as at 28 to frictionally engage, over an annular flange orrib 29 cut on the forward end of the flashlight casing (see Fig. 4).

Wherethe mirror is arranged within such cap, the cap itself must ofcourse be removed from the flashlight casing and held in the hand whilethe flashlight is illuminated and the lipstick is being applied to thelips.

In theembodiment of Figs. 5 and 6 both the flashlight casing 10 and thelipstick 12 are assembled within an outer casing or shell 30. Thecasing30 between its perimeter and the perimeter of the flashlightcasing 10 is formed as a longitudinal socket which thus constitutes'theholder 11 for the lipstick. This holder socket is open at the forwardend of the casing and the lipstick is inserted endwise thereinto, saidcasing 30 and socket holder 11 being provided with registering slots 32and 33 longitudinally thereof within which a manipulating stud 34 fixedto the lipstick is received.

In all embodiments, the lipstick is positioned in ofiset relation to theflashlight casing adjacent to the lens thereof. So positioned, it doesnot interfere with the light beam projected by the flashlight.

-The act of applying the lipstick to the facial area to be rouged, usingthe flashlight casing as a convenient manipulating handle, automaticallydirects the light beam from the flashlight on such area.

Where desired, of course, the lipstick holder may be removed from theflashlight casing and manipulated by one hand while the other hand isbeing used to manipulate the flashlight.

I recognize that iny invention is capable of various other modificationsin design and construction accordingly as styles and types of lipstickholder vary or may later be changed: All such modifications as comewithin the spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claims, areto be regarded as embraced thereby.

What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A lipstick device, comprising a flashlight having a casing and asliding contact, a holder for a lipstick, means detachably mounting thelipstick holder in ofiset position upon the casing, and a mirror mountedon said sliding contact to slide therewith and to serve as a means toactua'se said sliding contact to make or break the flashlight circuit.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the through an arc of 90relative thereto.

FRANK WEISS.

